Excavation of artificial caverns inside asteroids by leveraging rotational self-energy

Future space ventures will likely require exploitation of near-Earth asteroid resources. Moreover, it can be envisaged that asteroids may host habitats in their interiors. In fact, a cavern inside an asteroid would be a natural radiation shield against cosmic radiation and may also serve as a confined environment for storage of mined material such as water ice or other processed volatiles such as propellants. To this end, this paper proposes to leverage the asteroid rotational self-energy to remove material from the asteroid interiors and create a spherical cavern, by means of the orbital siphon concept. The siphon is a chain of tether-connected payload masses (the asteroid material), which exploits the rotation of the asteroid for the delivery of mass from the asteroid to escape. Under certain conditions the siphon can be initiated to ensure self-sustained flow of mass from the asteroid to escape. A net orbital siphon effect is generated by connecting new payloads at the bottom of the chain while releasing the upper payloads. Key parameters are discussed, such as the required siphon dimension and the maximum size of the internal cavity that can be excavated, as a function of the asteroid rotational period. Moreover, assuming elastic material behaviour, a closed-form expression for the stress tensor is found and a failure criterion is used to identify regions in the asteroid interiors subjected to the larger stresses. It is shown that the conditions for failure are relaxed as the radius of the internal void increases.     

Orbital stability close to asteroid 624 Hektor using the polyhedral model

We investigate the orbital stability close to the unique L4-point Jupiter binary Trojan asteroid 624 Hektor. The gravitational potential of 624 Hektor is calculated using the polyhedron model with observational data of 2038 faces and 1021 vertexes. Previous studies have presented three different density values for 624 Hektor. The equilibrium points in the gravitational potential of 624 Hektor with different density values have been studied in detail. There are five equilibrium points in the gravitational potential of 624 Hektor no matter the density value. The positions, Jacobian, eigenvalues, topological cases, stability, as well as the Hessian matrix of the equilibrium points are investigated. For the three different density values the number, topological cases, and the stability of the equilibrium points with different density values are the same. However, the positions of the equilibrium points vary with the density value of the asteroid 624 Hektor. The outer equilibrium points move away from the asteroid’s mass center when the density increases, and the inner equilibrium point moves close to the asteroid’s mass center when the density increases. There exist unstable periodic orbits near the surface of 624 Hektor. We calculated an orbit near the primary’s equatorial plane of this binary Trojan asteroid; the results indicate that the orbit remains stable after 28.8375?d.     

飞机燃油油量测量及姿态误差修正方法

提出了一种基于 CAD技术的航空燃油油量实时测量方法。采用三维实体造型技术 ,建立了某飞机机翼油箱模型 ,利用油量传感器的输出值及飞机姿态信息 ,对燃油油量进行实时测量及姿态误差修正。     

平面形状误差分离方法的比较分析

就十种典型的精密平面形状误差测量－分离方法的权函数及其零点，作了分析比较。按形状误差谐波抑制最小准则，论证了五点式正交逐次三点法、九点式正交逐次三点法、复合三点法、不对称二维混合法和不对称四点法优于其他方法，不对称四点法则较为理想。     

自由飞试验模型惯性矩的测定

作者根据多年来自由飞试验的实践,叙述了自由飞模型惯性矩的调试、计算、误差分析与处理的经验与方法。     

最小二乘直线函数的特性分析

证明了最小二乘直线函数是一种严格的凸函数。F(a,b)=∑(y-ax_i-b)~2是一个椭圆抛物面。a=[n∑x_iy_i-∑x_i∑y_i]/[n∑x_i^2-(∑x_i)~2]和b=[∑x_i^2∑y_i-∑x_i∑x_i∑y_i]/[n∑x_i^2-(∑x_i)~2]仅表示极值点。a=∑x_iy_i/∑x_i和 b=[∑x_i^2∑y_i-∑x_i∑x_iy_i]/[n∑x_i^2]在某些情况下可以是极值点,但不是在每种情况下都是极值点。     

高精度圆度仪误差分离装置研制及测量不确定度分析

介绍了一种由程控型多齿分度台和高精度圆度仪组合而成的全自动误差分离装置，该装置能够使圆度仪主轴回转误差从被测工件测量结果中可靠分离，从而极大地提高了圆度测量不确定度，本文对该装置测量不确定度进行了分析。     

塑性动态断裂过程中梁的塑性铰转动因子的确定方法

运用理论分析方法和实测试验方法，探讨了梁在塑性动态断裂过程中，其塑性铰转动因子的变化规律，提出了断裂过程中塑性铰几何转动因子的概念及其确定方法，并以３点弯曲梁理论分析解为例，计算了梁在塑性动态断裂过程中，其塑性铰转动因子的变化规律。该计算结果与３点弯曲梁动态断理解实验实测相一致。理论分析进一步明确了梁的塑性铰转动因子具有几何与物理两种不同的本质含意，并可直接用于修正梁的塑性动态断裂的理论分析解。     

多点法测量形状误差的补偿控制系统

经过对误差分离技术理论进行了分析之后,又对误差补偿技术进行了研究,并建立了多点法测量形状误差的补偿控制系统。通过补偿主轴径向误差运动,提高了工件的圆度误差和圆柱度误差。     

门限自回归模型参数的局部正交设计寻优法

在采用点值图确定门限区间个数的基础上，对门自回归模型中门限值、滞后步长、各门限区间模型阶数，利用正交设计方法寻优，计算工作量锐减，却可得到精度较高的预报模型。